DROUGHT

Get ready for a new emotional heavy-weight from California.
I'm so beyond hyped to premiere the first song of the debut EP by five piece post-hardcore/screamo outfit Drought (members of Obsolete Man, Plush Palace, and ex-Caulfield).

"Oh, Javelin!" sounds so powerful and moving - somewhere between maybe PBTT, La Dispute and In The Wake of Giants. It got everything from post-hardcore/rock, screamo, emocore, punk - and has such an incredible built-up and gut-wrenching lyrics. It's deep, it's long - and damn brilliant. I literally can't wait to the hear the two other songs from the EP - which is gonna be released on June 23rd, 2023.

They also gonna play some shows around then - if you are in that area, make sure to catch them.

"Are we so temporary just taking what we carry - With every thread a different hue - But stitched together, they disappear - Fading in and out of view - Wake up! Wake up! - I can't recall the sun as every day continues dimming - The years keep passing by unspooling on a further line - Unafraid and just beginning"

Socials:

• bandcamp
• instagram
• twitter

Glummer "Inertia" Exclusive Stream

Been a huge fan of emo/alternative ever since - but haven't posted an emo related band in a while - so I'm even more stoked now to present you the full stream for the debut EP of Glummer from Gotheburg, Sweden called "Inertia".

Some of you might now the brainchild behind the awesome melodic band - Anton Hedlund - who played already swedish powerhouses like Murderofcrows, Oak and Disavow. 

Lyrically, Inertia is Anton reflecting on patterns recognised in himself and society - how fearing loss takes form in everyday life and how frustration with oneself and one's surroundings often gets in the way of better things.

The album was recorded at Studio Ruinen (Gothenburg, Sweden) in July 2021, and at Stray Dogs HQ (Berlin, Germany) in October 2021. Everything mixed by Elias Straat (who also did Artwork and Design)  and mastered by Bob Cooper at Chairworks Studio.

"Inertia" will be released digital and on limited white cassette (by lovely No Heroes Records from Berlin) on friday.

 

A.S.T.R.O

A.S.T.R.O was a short-lived five piece screamo band hailing from Paris. 

Between 2007 and 2009 they released two EP on CD - "The Shaped Lines" and "FROM MY WINDOW". Just based on the last.fm listen-sessions, discogs numbers etc - I think A.S.T.R.O were/are highly under the radar.

Really dig them - and they definitely inspired by crust and post-hardcore stuff - which makes the whole sound very interesting. "Modernism" and "Joining fate" are screamo hits. Oh and I love the guitar work ✨

Download: mediafire

End Of The Year / Best Of List 2021

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What are your fav releases? Let me know in the comments.

1. Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me

2. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions

3. Grouper - Shade

4. Marissa Nadler - The Path of The Clouds

5. Slant - 1집

6. Këkht Aräkh - Pale Swordsman

7. Succumb - XXI

8. PLOHO - Phantom Feelings

9. glassing - Twin Dream

10. Soft Kill - Dead Kids Demos

11. Tørsö - Home Wrecked

12. Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine Of Hell

13. Farah Rud - Demo

14. Emma Ruth Rundle - May Our Chambers Be Full

15. Gel - Violent Closure

16. Citizen - Life In Your Glass World

17. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

18. И эти губы, и глаза зелёные - Меж клёнов раскидистых

19. Thirdface - Do It With a Smile

20. Weak Ties - Weak Ties - Find A Way

21. SPECTRAL WOUND - Frigid and Spellbound

22. Masada - II

23. Yotsuya Kaidan - Четыре письма эльфу

24. Eyelet - The Devil Shining Out Your Eyes

25. Angry Son - 3 songs

26. Kudaranai 1Nichi - Split

27. Makruh - MAKRUH

28. Tenue - Territorios

29. Amenra - De Doorn

30. Violet Cold - Empire Of Love

31. home is where - I Became Birds

32. chelsea wolfe & Emma Ruth Rundle - Anhedonia

33. RAPTUREISDEAD! - Demo

34. Sugar Wounds - Calico Dreams

35. For Your Health - In Spite Of

36. Fiddlehead - Between the Richness

37. Rise Against - Nowhere Generation

38. Hawak - nuoc

39. Nothing - The Great Dismal B-Sides - Single

40. mis sueños son de tu adiós - mis sueños son de tu adiós / Retratos de heroína

41. Lacrima - Cartography

42. Diploid - I Am Yours. And I Am Here Again.

43. Fucked Up - Year of the Horse (Act One)

44. Underdark - Coyotes

45. Dreamwell - Modern Grotesque

46. It Only Ends Once - lose you

47. gulch - Gulch/Sunami Split

48. Body Maintenance - Body Maintenance

49. Electric Chair - Social Capital

50. Liquids - Life is pain Idiot

51. Biliardo - Demo#1

52. Glitterer - Life Is Not A Lesson

53. SeeYouSpaceCowboy... - The Romance of Affliction

54. To Be Gentle - Ataraxy (Split with Sadness)

55. tupperware - TUPPERWARE - AMERICAN UNDERBELLY DB#9

releases that were not available in the app:

Opiácea - Registros

ezinegon - Mastak Erorita Daudenean

Dishuman - Demo

Ideation - Blunt Instrument Demo

the only traces left of sunken ships - first ep

MURO - Live in Bogota

Volta

Volta are a four piece screamo/post-hardcore band from Italy. Their first release "ɒ" caught my attention back in 2013 - 6 tracks of awesome emotional screamo. In 2017 they released "Remap" - a full-length with 16 songs - and currently they are writing new stuff, stay tuned for that. Here you can find an interview with the band - https://www.inkoma.com/k/4720/. 

Download: mediafire

Nausae

Nausae was a short-lived atmospheric screamo five piece hailing from bochum, germany. One LP, one demo and a split with Pepi Rössler, Lora & Unable to Fully Embrace This Happiness were the beautiful output over a timespan of 3 years.

Download: mediafire

Isodora Crane

Isodora Crane was a short-lived screamo/violence band from California. They released in 2002 one outstanding hard, grindy, emotional screamo ep called "The Impossibilities Of A Static Universe" - and then turned later to experiment with indie, emo, post-rock. The first EP remains as a legendary "obscure" a++ blend of the best the genre had to provide.

Download: mediafire

Anteater

Anteater was an short-lived awesome five piece screamo band hailing from germany around 2013/2014 - members later went on to play in Thurm. We had the pleasure to welcome them back in the days at the first MTS festival - you can see the gig here. 

Download: mediafire

Petethepiratesquid

 

Petethepiratesquid was a four piece screamo/post-hardcore band from berlin. They released 9 records including some splits, inter alia with Dodewaard, Kias Fansuri, Shokei or Radio Burroughs. Great and important for the scene here.

Members played also in it.is.imperative, The Dropout Patrol, Ex Best Friends, and Magic Of The Rainbow.

Download: mediafire